mulkbear Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 Today has been a very lucky day for me ! Today after work i had to take my Uncle plus a few other family members to the airport so a quick drive from Newcastle to Tees-side airport, so i got to use his Peugeot 406 V6 estate, Nice car full leather interor and all the other refinements you would expect. When i was driving back from tees-side airport i decided to give it a bit of stick to see if was as fast as my Ford Mondingo and just i was pushing it to its limits a Chav'ed up Corsa pulls into the O/S lane doing 60 mph when there is not another car in site !! so i hit the brakes hard (in fact very hard) then the ABS cuts in and everything is OK the corsa driver pulls back into the N/S lane, the Corsa driver gets a some abuse plus a couple of hand signals and i drive on. When i get to the end of the duel carriage way i go to slow down and no BRAKES (very little in the way of brakes) i still have a brake pressure just no brakes (seemed like the brakes were cooked) but its OK because i have had this before and i just used the gears to slow down plus the hand brake. I pulled in at the fuel station and check the brakes, no signs of any damage or anything unusual. I drive home very carefully, got the car in the garage and checked the brakes, i have found the brake linings have come away from the pads on the front braking system !!! So i have to go and get a set of front pads and disc's for his car before he comes back from holiday The moral of the story is that after heavy braking, test your brakes still work and don't thrash a Peugeot to its limits. Now i am off to buy some lottery tickets as it is my lucky day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danksy Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 Another example of well built Pugs. Glad you are ok mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 That's why I don't drive anything from Peugeot. They're built with BluTack and Sellotape and fall apart in slight winds. Glad to hear you're OK and didn't have to face stopping for queued traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBM Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 Comments in writing to : I own a Peugeot, BBC Top Gear.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhyds Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 This isn't an isolated case of pug brakes failing, a friend of mine lost his rear brakes on a 106, turned out that the friction lining of the rear shoes had come adrift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulkbear Posted May 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 My heart was going ten to the dozen and it got the adrenaline pumping big time. I don't think i will be telling my uncle about it tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 [ QUOTE ] .....I was pushing it to its limits a Chav'ed up Corsa pulls into the O/S lane.... so i hit the brakes hard (in fact very hard) then the ABS cuts in.... I have found the brake linings have come away from the pads on the front braking system !!! So i have to go and get a set of front pads and disc's for his car before he comes back from holiday [/ QUOTE ] How fast were you going!! Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulkbear Posted May 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 600 - 465 = 70 MPH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danksy Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Comments in writing to : I own a Peugeot, BBC Top Gear.... [/ QUOTE ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cw955 Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 My first car was a Mk1 MG Midget ( It was 10 years old at the time) driving home one day I pressed the brake pedal -NOTHING. Turns out the front nearside brake pipe had corroded through. Managed to limp home on the handbrake!! Young and stupid. Probably in retrospect one of the scariest things that ever happened to me. A couple of years ago my wife rang me at work and said there was a grating noise from the car. I told he not to drive it, When I go home I found the 'cheap' (only ones available at the time) brake pads I'd fitted 6 months earlier had delaminated and we now had metal to metal contact. Moral: don't mess with the brakes, cheap ain't worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 [ QUOTE ] 600 - 465 = 70 MPH [/ QUOTE ] About crusing speed for the creamy 3.0 V6! Surely it would have gone quicker if the Corsa had not tried to wipe you out? Not been in a facelifted V6 estate, but a prefacelift V6 saloon did impress me a few years back. Such stealth! Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulkbear Posted May 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 I put my Mondingo to shame really nice car but it has already tried to kill me once and its not getting a second chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidhodgkinson Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 Thats very lucky! Glad your ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccombie_5 Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 Glad you're ok mate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 Peugeots are feckin death traps. Pure and simple. Old mate of mine is a service manager at a Peugeot dealership. They've had alot of 307's back with collapsed front callipers. Peugeot know very well it's a problem, but rather than take responsibility they get the dealers to try and claim it's a wear & tear item and thus not covered under warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterb Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 Many years ago, my Dad and I were bleeding the brakes on his old Rambler - him underneath the car with rubber tube and glass jar, me in the driver's seat, pressing the pedal. He had just finished one wheel and tightened up the nipple, when I decided to try all my weight on the pedal - whereupon my Dad complained about liquid running down his neck - yep, I'd managed to split one of the metal lines! Still, it was better to do it in the garage, rather than out on the road! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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